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Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.

brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation. Suspended animation, temporary suspension of the vital functions, as in persons nearly drowned.

To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. He annexed a province to his kingdom. Johnson.

found in the minds and affairs of men. Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. Darwin.

Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action. Great the slaughter is Here made by the Roman; great the answer be Britons must take. Shak.

te the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.

A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.

e opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect. Example: Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war, Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl ANTICLINAL An`ti*cli"nal, a. Etym: [Pref. anti- + Gr.

Anything exactly opposite or contrary. Can there be a greater contrariety unto Christ's judgment, a more perfect antipodes to all that hath hitherto been gospel Hammond.

he pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism.

The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity.

An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays.

Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.

The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.

The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.

A depth of water so great that only those organisms can exist that do not assimilate.

That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.

ho first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald…

To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.